On due consideration of the several sections of the act, and of its humane policy, it was supposed to be the intention o...
It is enjoined on the Executive to cause all negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color who may be taken under the act to b...
On this view of the policy and sanctions of the law it has been decided to send a public ship to the coast of Africa wit...
It was believed that citizens only who would go hence well instructed in the views of their Government and zealous to gi...
Orders will be given to the commander of the public ship in which they will sail to cruise along the coast to give the m...
It is intended also to subject a portion of the sum appropriated to the order of the principal agent for the special obj...
It is the obvious import of the law that none of the persons thus taken should remain within the United States, and no p...
Should they be landed without such provision having been previously made, they might perish.
To each of these agents a small salary has been allowed--$1,500 to the principal and $1,200 to the other.
Special instructions will be given to these agents, defining in precise terms their duties in regard to the persons thus...
A convention having been concluded between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, especially authorized therefor by me, and ...
The treaty of amity, settlement, and limits between the United States and His Catholic Majesty having been on the part o...
As the ratification on the part of Spain may be expected to take place during the recess of Congress, I recommend to the...
Copies of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the minister from Spain connected with this subject sinc...
I transmit to the Senate a treaty of amity, settlement, and limits between the United States of America and His Catholic...
This letter has been mislaid, or it would have been communicated with the other documents at the commencement of the ses...
I transmit to Congress a copy of a letter from Governor Bibb to Major-General Jackson, connected with the late military ...
To cause to be laid before it a copy of the rules and regulations adopted for the government of the Military Academy at ...
